Radick makes a deal: if Ness can locate his daughter, he will give him the information he wants. The death of a railway track worker however puts Ness and the Untouchables onto the scheme. Intouchables : un succès phénoménal au-delà des frontières françaises Inspiré d’une histoire […] The Untouchables is an American crime drama produced by Desilu Productions that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the ABC Television Network. It masterfully mixes comedy with drama, reminding us that life is a … Neil Burger was announced as his replacement. Soon Koenig and Mencken are partners and are using Mencken's unique way of temporarily masking the re-alcoholization of the beer they produce. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. Ness knows he was fired at first but when no gun is found anywhere at the scene, it becomes front page news and he's forced to defend himself both publicly and to the DA. His only possible defense is to prove that his suspicions are correct. On 10 January 2012, The Intouchables set a record, having been number one for ten consecutive weeks since its release in France. THE INTOUCHABLES celebrates life. It's Christmas Eve 1930 and Eliot Ness and his men are investigating the murder of a close friend of his, Hap Levinson. A friend of Philippe's reveals Driss's criminal record which includes six months in jail for robbery. She's not too keen, initially refusing to accept that her latest boyfriend is dead. When ballistics confirm that the man was killed before the raid took place, Nicky thinks Ness is just making it up. When Eliot Ness learns that Radick is dying, he asks him to come clean and give him the organization's books. The Intouchables (2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gangster Arnie Kurtz is moving into Chicago's South Side and Eliot Ness very much wants to nab him, putting a 24-hour watch and tapping his phones. They are scheduled to meet in an electrical room accessible only through the tunnel of horrors tide. When Nitti takes one of the smugglers hostage and learns where Surigao is storing his liquor, he decides to get his hands on it. When Benny Angel is found dead, Ness has another reason to find the man behind the scheme. A date between Eléonore and Philippe is agreed. When racketeer Danny Mundt decides the time has come to get rid of Eliot Ness, he hires hit man Elroy Daldran. Eliot Ness and his team have been successful in shutting most of the drug trafficking in Chicago. Eliot Ness has been tasked by the Post Office to recover the missing million and he begins to think that Karpeles may be innocent. Were it not for the family relationship, Nick would have had him killed but rather he gives Louis 48 hours to come with $50,000 as a down payment on what he owes. What Father Gregory doesn't know is that Pal is a gangster who smuggles in whiskey from Canada and is using this small community as a base of operations. The Intouchables Scene The Intouchables - Shave! He says he will not fire him as long as he does his job properly. His wife Marcie is ignorant of his purposes and opposes his "gang" activities, even asking Ness to return him to prison for his safety. What he doesn't know is that another of his underlings, Barney Howe is actually Barney Retsick, a Federal narcotics Agent. As both Ness and Thornton close in, Country Boy Parrish must face the wrath of a woman scorned. The Last Days on Mars Scene You Alright Scene Vote. Movies. He does not allow Sultan or his daughter Barbara to know his whereabouts, suspecting they may be responsible. When a side deal on shares with Sitkin goes bad and he commits suicide, December gets hold of information that he hopes he can use against Kalmiski. With the imprisonment of Al Capone for tax evasion, Frank Nitti has taken over the operation of the organization but that isn't stopping others from trying to muscle their way in. Unfortunately, he also realizes that the park is under police surveillance and refuses to go through with the buy. Retsick and Ness work together to arrest all of the criminals before the narcotics, disguised as children's candy, hits the streets. The fact that his target is under constant watch only adds to thrill of the kill. It stars François Cluzet and Omar Sy. But keeping him safe before the trial keeps Ness and his men on the run. The local community elders, known as the Senate, want to bring it to an end but come into conflict with Janos Colescou, owner of much of the illicit liquor distribution in the area. His protégé, trumpeter Eddie Moon, urges him to pack it in and go on the road but when Gander refuses, Eddie also talks him out of signing up with Cagan. [38], The film has also done well in several other European countries, topping charts in Germany for nine consecutive weeks, Switzerland for eleven weeks, Austria for six weeks, Poland for three weeks, and Italy, Spain and Belgium for one week, as of 20 May 2012. When Ness turns him down, Rankin decides that there's only one option: fight back, which he does with vicious drive-by shooting attacks against the public by his gang. To resupply himself, Nitti hires Polish gunsmith Jan Trobek to make a dozen Tommy guns. Who will win out? He also brings in some mobsters from Detroit to make sure he gets it. 3 years later, his wife died of cancer and the millionaire went into a serious depression. Ness' only remaining option is to find Davas' girlfriend, Julie Duvall, who he learns was also a witness to O'Malley orders. On Mizo's arrival in the U.S., Majesky has his hoods waiting for him but they kill the wrong man so both Majesky and Eliot Ness are now on the lookout for him in Chicago. Slot machines have become all the rage and William '"orker" Davis is making a fortune on all of those nickels and dimes. No. Nitti orders them both killed but doesn't realize that Trager is out to take over the entire organization. PARIS — French B.O. He's a severe hypochondriac and a chronic worrier so when he takes a dislike to the newspaper articles about him, he personally gets rid of the editor. Nick Acropolis has created a vast network of bookies and is the king of the numbers racket in the Chicago area. Johnny Mizo has been on the lam for several years working as a seaman on cargo ships. The Intouchables - Shaving Scene. When a body is fished out of the river, Lt. Aggie Stewart of the Bureau of Missing Persons is put in charge of the case. He's been having trouble getting supply lately and he comes under pressure — helped along by Eliot Ness and his men — to find liquor for sale or else. The Intouchables (2011) Plot. He is reputedly the top man in organized crime. After Al Capone is imprisoned for tax evasion, he leaves his Chicago operation in the hands of a governing council. He then arranges to spring from Leavenworth prison master counterfeiter Hans Dreiser to engrave the plates to produce the money. [12] Omar Sy received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for the role of Driss (defeating Jean Dujardin, nominated for The Artist) and being the first French African actor to receive this honor.[13]. Philippe then calls Driss and invites him to travel with him in his Dassault Falcon 900 private jet for a paragliding weekend in the Alps. Their fathers blind hatred of one another leads to tragedy. Diamond is flamboyant and loves publicity but his partners, Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz, want him to lie low for a while and they send him off to his cabin in the Catskills. An hour and 52 minutes under the starry sky were enough to tell the story of ten years of remarkable friendship between a quadriplegic aristocrat and his nurse— a man with a loaded past and no future. The problem for Nitti is that the out-of-town clubs are getting quality booze smuggled in from Canada and its drawing away his well-heeled customers. A vice ring known as the Group has been hiding their speakeasies and brothels by using free soup kitchens as a front. Capone's farewell is something normally reserved for more honest citizens leading Eliot Ness to go to Washington and propose the construction of Alcatraz prison. But Capone's bookkeeper is giving him a run for his money. Feeling that the concert is too boring, Driss plays Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland", resulting in a less boring birthday for Philippe with the guests also enjoying the music. Anyone who wants a crime committed need only tell them what they want done. They also smuggle illegal aliens into the country and hold the threat of returning them to the old country if they don't do what they're told. [127] A script by Jon Hartmere would be used rather than Feig's work. At the César Awards 2012, the film received eight nominations. Before he can do so however, it's snatched out from under him by one of his henchman, Steve Ballard. During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to … Meanwhile, one of Nitti's fellow gangsters, Larry Bass, has his own plans for the drugs and assembles his own team to break into the bank vault where Nitti is temporarily storing the globe. Ray "Goose" Gander runs a jazz club in Chicago and he's coming under pressure from mobster Lou Cagan to sell booze at the club. With Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni. Après le carton phénonémal d'Intouchables au cinéma, le DVD du film envahira tous les magasins de France lundi matin. Ness travels to the Big Easy posing as a bass player and meets booking agent Russ Bogan, who is part of the distribution network. O'Malley is an old-time politico who never seeks office himself but controls almost every party official that does. Now 20, he owns a string of speakeasies on the waterfront, including opium dens. He has accumulated quite a stash over the years and doesn't need to import new supplies to keep his lucrative operation going. Once Ness at his men learn how Ciamino collects the liquor, they try to catch him with goods but through intimidation and murder, the mobster proves to be elusive. Not likely. They trace the illegal shipment to Ira Bauer, a blind fish and seafood wholesaler. Ed "The Duke" Monte is sent to prison, and the reported informer is murdered on the orders of his son-in-law, Lou Sultan. The consensus states, "It handles its potentially prickly subject matter with kid gloves, but Intouchables gets by thanks to its strong cast and some remarkably sensitive direction. Girsch meanwhile has seen his business grow to over 500 distributors and now wants a better deal from those who manufacture the illicit liquor. Vernon will devise the scheme, Willinsky will find the men to make it happen and Gruder will provide the muscle. So when they cut one of their men out of his share of a heist, he comes after them... and so does Eliot Ness. Corbin has plans to move into the big time and with Whitey's help, hijacks four truckloads of liquor belonging to Scalese. Just as they are leaving Ness and his men arrives and Rait pretends to be an innocent bystander and witness to the shooting. Ness and his men are out to get one of the nearly perfect bills to get the serial number and stop the distribution of the cash before it starts. When Diamond learns that they have gone ahead with the drug deal without informing him, he assumes they're trying to cut him out of the deal and goes after the drugs himself. Dulov's wife, Georgiana Drake, is fed up with their relationship however and having killed her husband tries to convince Nitti to do business with her. Working with public health officials, Ness tries to track down the source of the deadly hooch. When his colleague develops the right chemical formula, Shield decides to kill him and blackmail Baltzer and Frank Nitti. With François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot. Acting on an anonymous tip, Eliot Ness and his men find themselves at a local carnival keeping an eye on an impending purchase of narcotics. Amazed last winter to learn that Jean Dujardin, who won the Academy Award as best actor for “The Artist,” lost the César to Omar Sy in “The Intouchables,” I was certain that it was a French reaction against the American award. His morale is very low and he stops taking care of himself. His demands aren't that great: he wants to be named the Captain of the waiters but eventually greed takes hold and he forces Rawlings to make him a partner. Ness and one of his men travel to San Francisco to see if they can determine how the goods were smuggled into the country and determine that it entered on a passenger cruiser and was then shipped by air to Chicago enclosed in a large globe. Turns out it's Davis' friend and Bomer employee Benjy Liemer who has been fiddling with the machines and also providing Ness with anonymous tips. Philippe controversially employes Driss, a poor, When boxer Joey McGrath dies in the ring, the medical examiner reports no special circumstances and the Press put it down to a tragic accident. Soon, the big man has entrusted half a million dollars to Stazak who has been printing fake stock certificates. 'The Intouchables,' a film based on a true story, attracted an army of fans immediately after its release. When the only mobster who knows the location of the liquor is killed, Ness and his men try to find the only remaining truck driver from the job before the syndicate does. He forms a partnership with Cagan to re-open Gander's club and he also starts an affair with Cagan's wife but he soon falls under suspicion. At the last minute, Philippe is too scared to meet Eléonore and leaves with Yvonne before Eléonore arrives. When Kulak kills a policeman who had wiretapped the site of the syndicate conference, theirs is now a murder investigation as well. A few seconds later, Eléonore arrives. Corbin kills Whitey when the job is done and Eliot Ness tries to get Francie to help him out on the case. Special agent Ness is worried about his childhood pal -- a big, successful boxing promoter who's mixed up with a gangster Ness can never get convicted. Lubin's arrogance however pushes him into a deadly game of cat and mouse with Eliot Ness and his men. After mob hit man Frankie Gruder kills a warehouseman — and is almost nabbed by Eliot Ness and his men in the process — he turns to his old friend Julius Vernon to get him out of it. He arranges for brew master Franz Koenig to get a visit from Eliot Ness. The mobsters are fighting among themselves for greater control of the beer market and Frank Nitti thinks he has the perfect solution. When Felcher shows little interest in her, she settles for his lawyer, Archie Grayson. Nitti warns him that there better not be any foul-ups with this shipment but it soon becomes clear that Bouchard has plans of his own and is out to get a percentage of the mob's total income. UPDATED, 12:02 PM: The Weinstein Company has settled on a title for its remake of French smash The Intouchables. But when the hit man he hired gets greedy, he has to get rid of him too. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out as planned. Article RTL : "Intouchables" devient le film le plus vu de l'année ! Just as a prisoner is about to turn stool pigeon, he is shot by someone on the inside. Directed by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano. All goes well for several months until Eliot Ness and his men begin to intervene. The so-called railway is a safe route to Los Angeles with help from reliable criminal associates along the way. Nine weeks after its release in France on 2 November 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in France, just behind the 2008 film Welcome to the Sticks. In Chicago meanwhile, Ness becomes aware that the Capone empire is converting assets into cash and he and his team set out to find out why. He is smuggling German brew masters into the United States and as a result, is making a far superior product than his competitors. Ness and his men are trying to bring Waxey down and are sure they have located his warehouse but every time they raid the place, the building is completely empty. He cancels Quist's contract and gives it to Templar -- who knows that anyone who fails to deliver on a contract is executed. Eliot Ness is lured south of the border to retrieve a witness who will help his case. What can he do except have Ducek killed? [122] In June 2012, Paul Feig was slated to direct and write the script, with Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx and Idris Elba eyed for the role of Abdel, Colin Firth in talks for Phillip, and Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams considered for a female lead. For years the Federal government has been trying to find a way to chemically de-nature industrial alcohol, but the mob has always found a way to re-nature the substance. • … This page was last edited on 16 October 2020, at 03:30. She does so for the money she's offered, even though she is repulsed by Halloway who is quite ugly. He also learns of their unique system of delivering the goods across the country. Unknown to anyone, Benno has contracted Parrot Fever from a recently acquired pet and collapses soon after his arrival. What's this film's excuse? When a second girl is killed, it becomes obvious that someone else is behind the killing and Marty tries to protect himself and his brother Herbie. This scene made it obvious for me as well how I knew there was something significant about those Faberge eggs. [121], In July 2011, in addition to acquiring distribution rights in English-speaking countries, Scandinavian countries and China, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to remake The Intouchables in English. On the verge of being fired, he claims to have a recently killed employee's book naming names and other activities that have gone on at the restaurant., especially having to do with mobster Martin Rawlings. With Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni. Ness is onto him quickly and Cropsie has made a serious error in including Belle Alpine's brother-in-law Murray in his plans. When junkie Benny Rivas is stopped by Eliot Ness and his men, he tells them in his dying breath that the source of his heroin is the 808 Club. Caught in the middle is Harry Gordon, the current inside man who now finds himself nothing more than an errand boy. Soon after the three Stryker brothers rob a train, killing someone in the process, Eliot Ness and his untouchables are on their trail. A lot of the same humor set pieces in The Intouchables are repeated in The Upside, which also makes The Upside feel a bit stale. The dim-witted Benny Striker has kept a piece of correspondence from the train robbery and his brothers decide they need to somehow get rid of that evidence. Phil Hedden operates a vicious extortion racket; as president of the Alliance of Master Butchers, he promises "protection" to the meat marketers of Chicago. Movie The Smurfs Scene Toy Store Scene Vote. The fraud works so well that Vernon suggests the three of them form an employment agency of sorts. The dispute also brings Acropolis into a dispute with Frank Nitti while Nick's enforcer, Frankie Fershman, decides the time has come for him to move up in the organization. When a small-time hoodlum is apparently killed by Eliot Ness during a raid, the man's teenage son, Nicky Bousso, tries to kill him. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. With the phony money available, Moon then approaches Chicago mobster Frank Nitti with an offer of $100 million split 50/50 with Nitti distributing the cash. When Stegler decides to eliminate Rait, Ness decides to use that to get Victor to cooperate. Eliot Ness sets out to thwart McCain's every move to possess Hedden's girl, his special table at Pierre's, his apartment... hoping to provoke him into an explosion which will result in his downfall. What they all soon realize is that the two cases are connected. And it's no wonder: it's the story of a wealthy paralyzed aristocrat, Philippe, who hired a guy off the street to be his assistant. They do manage to trace him to Chicago nightclub owner Sal Rudin and believe the heroin originated in New Orleans. She has a bigger problem however when Louis "Lepke" Buchalter decides he wants to take over the club and sends his murderous henchman Vince Shirer to eliminate anyone that might stand in his way. "[9] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph called it "as broad, accessible and trombonishly unsubtle as a subtitled Driving Miss Daisy"; according to Collin, the "characters are conduits for charisma rather than great dramatic roles, but the horseplay between Sy and Cluzet is often very funny, and one joke bounces merrily into the next. At his trial however, Koenig is saved when a stranger, Leo Mencken, provides him with the alibi he needs. It might help to think of "The Intouchables" as a French spinoff of "Driving Miss Daisy," retitled "Pushing Monsieur Philippe." The Coroner's inquest is a sham and it is obvious that the Chief of Police, who appoints the Coroner, is already in the syndicate's pocket.